Project Advisory Group was invited by the World Bank to participate in the 2025 Global Digital Summit: Digital Pathways for All, a landmark event where over 800 delegates from more than 100 countries came together to explore the evolving landscape of digital transformation in the AI era. The summit brought together voices from governments, international organisations, the private sector, and civil society, creating a truly global forum for innovation, inclusion, and collaboration.

At this pivotal event, UCG and Project Advisory Group (PAG) had the honour of presenting a world-first Augmented Reality (AR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform—an innovation designed to transform how critical infrastructure is managed, modernised, and maintained across both emerging and established economies.

You can watch the use case link for augmentAI here

This breakthrough solution represents a fundamental shift in infrastructure operations. With a focus on real-time visibility, intelligent automation, and immersive support, the platform empowers teams on the ground—especially in remote or fragile environments, to access advanced diagnostic tools, collaborate with remote experts, and implement proactive interventions. These capabilities dramatically improve resilience, efficiency, and safety, even in contexts where traditional infrastructure support is limited or inconsistent.

While designed with the specific challenges of developing nations in mind, the platform is equally impactful across developed markets, where complexity, scale, and ageing infrastructure demand smarter solutions. From rural telecommunications to dense urban utility networks, our technology closes critical gaps and future-proofs infrastructure systems in a fast-changing digital world.

Our co-founders Val Matthews and Alfredo Brockmann, together with UCG’s CEO Ralf Luna and COO Dillip Kanji, led a live interactive demonstration during the summit. The session illustrated how our AR/AI platform enables seamless coordination between field teams and centralised experts, offering unmatched clarity, speed, and adaptability in operational decision-making.

As the world stands at the crossroads of rapid technological advancement and growing infrastructure demands, it is clear that digital transformation is no longer a distant ambition—it is an urgent imperative. The 2025 Global Digital Summit reinforced what we already believe: the future of infrastructure will be shaped by technologies that are not only intelligent and scalable, but also inclusive, adaptive, and deeply human-centred. At UCG and PAG, we are committed to building that future—one where innovation serves every community, and where digital pathways truly are open to all.